Writing

The Development of Character Development

Insights from Author Ezekiel Eversand

Cartoon by Grant Snider

I’ve recently created a group on Goodreads called The Source Book Club. While reading through some of the INTRODUCTIONS, I came across this treasure, written by author Ezekiel Eversand

It began with this simple question:
What do you look for in a favourite book? His answer was: Character development. World building is great, but it should NEVER distract or take away from what matters most, which to me, is the characters. I definitely adhere to incorporate this virtue into my own writing. I think a good book has several shades of grey in its characters, and also never let’s you feels as if the heroes are invulnerable (I don’t think its entirely wrong of me to say that I enjoy a good, unexpected character death). Furthermore, to take it a step further, I prefer it when the “heroes” and the “villains” are not so clear, and that all of the characters have realistic justifications for their actions, rather than the simple good vs evil outtake.

Great stuff huh? I thought so too, so I asked him if he’d write a full post about it and he was happy to oblige.

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